Primeira Liga Gameweek 20 Sun, Jan 31 · 16:00 Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho, Vila Nova de Famalicão
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Away travel1,522 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Famalicao—%
Draw—%
Santa Clara—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Vila Nova de Famalicão)

Forecast from 16 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Famalicao and Santa Clara. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

FamalicaoSanta Clara
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
38 Current StrengthIn forecast 34
24 AttackIn forecast 29
36 DefenceIn forecast 53
30 Form indexContext 73
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Famalicao

Attack—
Defense risk—

Santa Clara

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

FamalicaoSanta Clara
1.25 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
1.38 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.50
0.76 xGVia Att/Def 1.29
1.44 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.76
+0.49 Goals minus xGContext +0.21
75% Scored inContext 88%
25% Clean sheetsContext 63%
10.00 ShotsContext 13.13
3.25 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.50
33% On target shareContext 27%
4.75 Shots in the boxContext 8.00
47% Box shareContext 60%
13% ConversionContext 11%
1.40 OffsidesContext 1.80
11.88 Shots allowedContext 7.75
3.38 On target allowedVia Att/Def 2.38
2.75 BlocksContext 1.63
2.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.14
59% Save rateContext 83%
55% PossessionIn forecast 47%
472 PassesContext 379
405 Accurate passesContext 300
86% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.77 Team ratingContext 6.85
11.63 FoulsContext 13.25
15.25 Fouls sufferedContext 13.50
2.25 Yellow cardsContext 2.75
0.13 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
1.10 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.40
1.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.50
0.90 xGVia Att/Def 1.18
1.13 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.75
+0.20 Goals minus xGContext +0.22
70% Scored inContext 80%
40% Clean sheetsContext 60%
10.50 ShotsContext 12.60
3.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.33
31% On target shareContext 24%
5.10 Shots in the boxContext 7.60
48% Box shareContext 59%
11% ConversionContext 11%
1.57 OffsidesContext 1.57
10.60 Shots allowedContext 8.80
2.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 2.60
2.67 BlocksContext 2.10
1.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.44
62% Save rateContext 88%
55% PossessionIn forecast 46%
465 PassesContext 367
399 Accurate passesContext 289
86% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.81 Team ratingContext 6.88
10.90 FoulsContext 12.50
14.50 Fouls sufferedContext 13.40
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 2.30
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Famalicao
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km2,444 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
Form 30 · 6 pts vs 8.3 for an average club · -1.3 vs expected
  • L12 OctH · Alverca1–41.8 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Nacional4–01.7 xPts
  • D13 SepH · Sporting CP1–10.8 xPts
  • D5 SepA · Estrela2–21.4 xPts
  • D30 AugH · GIL Vicente0–01.6 xPts
Santa Clara
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel1,522 km1,927 km in 14d
Schedule load25%Moderate
Form 73 · 11 pts vs 8.3 for an average club · +3.7 vs expected
  • W10 OctA · Casa Pia1–01.6 xPts
  • D20 SepH · SC Braga0–01.3 xPts
  • W13 SepA · Arouca2–11.2 xPts
  • W6 SepH · Rio Ave4–01.9 xPts
  • D29 AugA · Alverca1–11.3 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Famalicao Santa Clara
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Moderate · 25
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 24 Jan7Primeira Liga 2026-2027, 24 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,522 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways2,444 km1,927 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 31 / 2 / 3
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Famalicao Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Alverca (H) 1–4, 12 Oct
25L. Carević(G)
28Pedro Bondo 15Víctor Rofino 36M. Mattara 17Rodrigo Pinheiro
21Tamás Szücs 8Marcos Peña
7Sorriso 14M. De Amorim 23Gil Dias
70G. Koutsias
Santa Clara Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Casa Pia (A) 1–0, 10 Oct
1Lucas França(G)
5Guilherme Romão 21Emanuel Fernandes 4Pedro Pacheco 42Lucas Soares
20Tiago Ribeiro 6Pedro Ferreira 8José Tavares
10Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos 9Gonçalo Paciência 70Vinícius Lopes

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Famalicao Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Santa Clara Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Famalicao · Home 0.50points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
0-2-2
Scored
0.75
Conceded
1.75
Santa Clara · Away 2.50points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
3-1-0
Scored
1.25
Conceded
0.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 7 of 7 meetings

4 Famalicao wins0 draws3 Santa Clara wins
Goals per game1.43 – 0.86 Over 2.557% Both scored43% Clean sheets43% · 14%
  • 23 Aug 2026Santa Clara1–0Famalicao
  • 18 Jan 2026Santa Clara0–1Famalicao
  • 10 Aug 2025Famalicao3–0Santa Clara
  • 10 May 2025Santa Clara2–1Famalicao
  • 30 Dec 2024Famalicao1–2Santa Clara
  • 19 Feb 2023Santa Clara1–3Famalicao

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Famalicao8 games · scored 10 · conceded 11
4 1 0-15
2 16-30
3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
2 4 76-90
Santa Clara8 games · scored 12 · conceded 4
2 0-15
4 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 1 46-60
1 61-75
3 76-90
Famalicao10 games · scored 11 · conceded 11
4 1 0-15
2 16-30
3 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
3 4 76-90
Santa Clara10 games · scored 14 · conceded 5
2 0-15
5 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 1 46-60
2 61-75
4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.